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Blended Learning: What It Is and What It Is Not

Catlin Tucker

However, as schools prepare to welcome students back for in-person learning, I’ve had several encounters with school leaders who seem to think that returning to in-person learning means there is no need for blended learning anymore. What Blended Learning Is. Let’s start with a clear definition.

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K-12 Class Sizes Have Ballooned With Online Learning. It’s Not a Good Thing.

Edsurge

No One-Size-Fits-All When it comes to research, part of Claffey’s dilemma may stem from the fact that not much has been conducted on the topic at the K-12 level (most has focused on online class sizes in higher education.) Claffey says. What does the research say on that?” So far, she says, she hasn’t received a good answer.

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Different Definitions of Personalized Learning Conflict, Cause Confusion

MindShift

One teacher, many students: It’s basically the definition of school as we know it, going back to the earliest days of the Republic. ” James Murray is the principal of Waukesha STEM Academy, a K-8 charter school in Wisconsin that is one of Halverson’s exemplars. ” I also talked to Ted Dintersmith.

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment. A blended learning experience should be far beyond basic online or e-learning.

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The Future of Education.and the role edtech will play

Tech Helpful

Yesterday morning before heading to the Tennessee STEM Innovation Summit that I am currently attending, I sat in on a meeting where we announced to our middle school that we were going to pilot the LMS Canvas for next year. That is definitely no lie. And I'll admit it both excites me and scares me.

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To fight teacher shortages, schools turn to custodians, bus drivers and aides 

The Hechinger Report

But while these programs are increasingly popular, she says it isn’t clear what the teacher outcomes are in terms of effectiveness or retention. We definitely have blinders on. Some states have staffing shortages only in specific areas, like special education, STEM or elementary ed.

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How a State E-rate Coordinator Drives Digital Access

Education Superhighway

Before they had that kind of connectivity, teachers couldn’t access those online resources, connect with others, and bring an aquarium into their building. We’ve got a lot of schools doing STEM labs and trying out new things that they didn’t before, like Augmented and Virtual Reality.

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